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| DOI | 10.1093/JISESA/IEW008 | ||||
| Año | 2016 | ||||
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Hylamorpha elegans (Burmeister) is a native Chilean scarab beetle considered to be a relevant agricultural pest to pasture and cereal and small fruit crops. Because of their cryptic habits, control with conventional methods is difficult; therefore, alternative and environmentally friendly control strategies are highly desirable. The study of proteins that participate in the recognition of odorants, such as odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), offers interesting opportunities to identify new compounds with the potential to modify pest behavior and computational screening of compounds, which is commonly used in drug discovery, may help to accelerate the discovery of new semiochemicals. Here, we report the discovery of four OBPs in H. elegans as well as six new volatiles released by its native host Nothofagus obliqua (Mirbel). Molecular docking performed between OBPs and new and previously reported volatiles from N. obliqua revealed the best binding energy values for sesquiterpenic compounds. Despite remarkable divergence at the amino acid level, three of the four OBPs evaluated exhibited the best interaction energy for the same ligands. Molecular dynamics investigation reinforced the importance of sesquiterpenes, showing that hydrophobic residues of the OBPs interacted most frequently with the tested ligands, and binding free energy calculations demonstrated van der Waals and hydrophobic interactions to be the most important. Altogether, the results suggest that sesquiterpenes are interesting candidates for in vitro and in vivo assays to assess their potential application in pest management strategies.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, ANGELICA, I | Mujer |
Universidad de Talca - Chile
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| 2 | PALMA-MILLANAO, RUBEN ANDRES | Hombre |
Universidad de Talca - Chile
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| 3 | OSORIO-DURANGO, EDISON JAVIER | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
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| 4 | Rojas, Maximiliano | Hombre |
Universidad de Talca - Chile
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| 5 | MUTIS-TEJOS, ANA ALICIA | Mujer |
Universidad de La Frontera - Chile
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| 6 | Venthur, Herbert | Hombre |
Universidad de La Frontera - Chile
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| 7 | QUIROZ-CORTEZ, ANDRES EDUARDO | Hombre |
Universidad de La Frontera - Chile
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| 8 | RAMIREZ-RIVERA, CLAUDIO CARLOS | Hombre |
Universidad de Talca - Chile
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| FONDECYT |
| Universidad de La Frontera |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo CientÃfico y Tecnológico |
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| This work was supported by Fondecyt Postdoctoral Project 3130464 (to R.P.-M.), Fondecyt Regular Project 1131008 (to C.C.R.), R.P.-M. thanks to Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales from Universidad de La Frontera for permission to collect samples at Maquehue Experimental Station and Rucamanque Field. We thank to the anonymous reviewers, whose comments and critics were very useful to improve this manuscript. |
| This work was supported by Fondecyt Postdoctoral Project 3130464 (to R.P.-M.), Fondecyt Regular Project 1131008 (to C.C.R.), R.P.-M. thanks to Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales from Universidad de La Frontera for permission to collect samples at Maquehue Experimental Station and Rucamanque Field. |